Oyster mushrooms: cooking secrets. Video
Oyster mushrooms are not as popular as champignons, despite the fact that both of these species are perfectly cultivated by humans. This is largely due to the inability to cook oyster mushrooms, the taste of which can be even more juicy than that of other mushrooms.
Oyster mushrooms: cooking secrets
How to prepare oyster mushrooms for cooking
Since these mushrooms go on sale together with mycelium, it is necessary not only to rinse the oyster mushrooms, but also to rid them of the roots by cutting them off with a knife. At the same time, there is no need to peel off the skin from the caps; it does not affect the degree of softness of the mushrooms during cooking. In the future, it all depends on the size of the mushrooms, which can be either quite miniature or large. The latter must be crushed into pieces of the desired size. Otherwise, the recipes for oyster mushrooms can be no less varied than other mushrooms, and therefore they can be used both for salads and for main courses.
For pickling, the prepared mushrooms are laid out in a saucepan with boiling water and boiled for a quarter of an hour.
Since oyster mushrooms are quite voluminous, a lot of liquid is required for their preparation, it is taken in such an amount that it completely covers the mushrooms
When they are boiled, it remains to fill them with boiling marinade, per liter of which is taken:
- half a teaspoon of sugar
- the same amount of salt
- 1 bay leaf
- 5 peppercorns, the same number of cloves
- 1 tablespoon of vinegar
Mushrooms in the marinade are brought to a boil, placed in a glass jar, they are ready to eat almost immediately.
Onions and oyster mushrooms are cut into strips, after which they are fried over high heat in vegetable oil until golden brown. Then the fire decreases and the mushrooms are extinguished under the lid for 10-15 minutes. It is not worth cooking oyster mushrooms for longer, otherwise they may begin to crack and become too hard and dry.
The ingredients used in frying depend on what is planned to be prepared from mushrooms in the future. In addition to onions, you can use carrots and other vegetables. In this case, they will make a delicious stew.
Stewing is the easiest way to prepare them, making it a great sauce or addition to any side dish. To do this, mushrooms with onions are first fried, after which a couple of tablespoons of sour cream are added to them, and they are stewed for another quarter of an hour over low heat.
If you wish, you can add white pepper, which is ideally combined with any kind of mushroom, and fresh dill, which gives the dish a special flavor. If at the end of cooking the gravy seems too thin, you can dilute a tablespoon of flour in 50 grams of water and boil this mixture along with the sauce with continuous stirring until it thickens.